Gus Poyet hopeful of three signings by weekend

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has revealed that he hopeful of adding three more players by the weekend.

Poyet, who has not added to his squad since early in the summer when Costel Pantilimon, Billy Jones and Jordi Gomez arrived, said that one of the three new players should be announced on Friday.

"I'm waiting and waiting, which is not nice," he told the Sunderland Echo. "You're expecting to do a couple of deals, but they're not happening.

"People say don't be anxious or nervous. I think there will be at least one in by tomorrow and I hope at the weekend we can have three in.

"But the word I'm saying is 'hope'. It's a matter of time, but, as the days go past, that becomes difficult."

One of the players is expected to be Marcos Alonso.